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Scroll down Paul Nation’s webpage and you will find a link to Picture Vocabulary Size Test for Reading Recovery (Sue Ruffell) this is a picture based vocabulary test which could be used with younger learners. It is a great place to recheck from time to time to stay abreast with the latest. Paul Nation’s page on the Victoria University website has a wealth of information on this topic and a range of vocabulary tests and resources. It is to be used alongside the 'Picture Dictionary for New Learners of English' produced by AUT and available on the Ministry's 'Down the Back of the Chair Website.

Cath shared an ESOL vocab checklist that she created.

What words are important for a child to know and in what context? In this excerpt from Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, the authors consider what principles might be used for selecting which words to explicitly teach.

Lynne shared a great article “Choosing Words to Teach” by Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, Linda Kucan, on the Reading Rockets website.

Michael kindly shared the first 1,000 words typed up ready to make vocabulary flashcards.

I have used this with my year 7-8 students.

She also shared the lextutor 1,000 word vocabulary tests.

Nan shared, Dee Publications, “ First Thousand Words' Book 1 & 2 which she uses with her low-level ESOL students.

As well as the contributions below there were also other suggestions made in the literacy community. I know researchers are currently developing a test for younger learners so in the meantime we just need to be patient and use what is available with caution. A number of tools were shared but they are not necessarily normed for English language learners. This is an important question as we know how important it is to learn a huge number of vocabulary words as quickly as possible. Nikki asked whether there is an age-appropriate Vocabulary Assessment available that can be given to students with minimum English literacy to establish what level of vocabulary they already have? I will continue my Reading Updates throughout this term as they fit in with our discussions. You will find these and other ideas in the esolonline pedagogy, teaching strategies section.

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In response to my last weekly update Felicity kindly shared some literacy supports that she has found to be the most effective when teaching her year 4-6 students particularly pre and post activities and conversations- Disappearing text, listening grids, speaking and writing frames, sequencing tasks and cloze exercises. If you don’t already subscribe to it then you can read it here: What are your plans to celebrate this week?ĭon't forget the monthly English, Literacy and ESOL newsletter is available.

Something to prepare for Samoan language week is coming up 24- 30 May.

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